Binding.



0. E. CLARK. BINDING.

APXLIUATiON IXLED JUNE 29, 19155 Patented July 29, 1913.

Z! 7572 (as; sas x UNITED. STATES .PATEN T OFFICE;

CHESTER E. CLARK. or NEW YORK, N;- Y.

BINDING.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 29,- 1913.

Application filed June 29, 1912. Serial No. 706,611.

suit-able material of like nature having a line' of stitching along one edge thereof the stitches'being under tension whereby thatedge of the binding would be shorter than the opposite edge and also held under elastic tension due to the character of the stitchor the thread used in forming said stitch.

In the commercial development of this hat binding which has been ew-extensive since the patent. was granted. it has been found that the advantages attained by thebinding in question can be augmented by the new and useful features of constrnctiim which are hereinafter descril'jed and which form the subject matter of this application for patent.

in the accompanying drawing, I have illustrated a preferred and modified formof binding (unbodying the improvements which I have made on the article of manufacture as covered by the above descri ed patent.

Figures 1 and .2 of said drawing show ona magnified scale short sections of bat bind ing embodying said improvements.

Referring to the details of Fig. 1, A represents the body portion of a strip of binding or ribbon composed of silk threads woven to give the ribbed form and appearance indicated, said body portion being oven in a manner well known in the art. B represents a silk thread woven into the ribbon atthe timeof its manufacture and subjected to tension in the weaving process so that said thread tends to packer or contract the adjacent edge of the'l inding and thereby produce the ellect heretofore attained by. me in stitching one edge of a s't'ripy of ribbon with the stitching under tension as set forth in my above mentioned patent. The ditl crence betwe n my original method of applyin said stitch or thread "and my present metaod is thatl, now have.

the tension thread woven in place at the time the ribbon is made. .\t the opposite. or uncontrac'ted edge of the ribbon a sel-f rage C made up of cotton threads of such texture, and so interwoven. as'tii prevent any give or stretch to this edge of the ribbon. ln'tcrworen in the sclra ge C at a slight distancetrom its outer edge is a. while thread D which serves as a guide in attaching the binding to a hat brim. ;\'ot only does this cotton selrage result in a decreased cost in themanufacture of the binding in that it takes the place of an equivalent amount of silk but by reason of its nonstretchable character it is impossible for the workinan .in se'wing' the binding to a hatbrim to stretch that edgeof the binding in which such selvagc app -ars and as he cannot stretch that portion of the bi'ndinf, neither can he stretch the body portion of silk adjacent thrrcto. thus limiting the stretch almostentircly to the oppo ite edge o't-thc ribbon or binding stitch and the body portion imnicdiatcly adjacent thereto.

Itshoulttbe explained possibly that in attItClllllQj a binding of the character to which my invention belongs to a hat brim. itis the practice to first sew one sclvag'e or edgeto the upper side of the brim and then turn the binding strip over so that the stitches are on the under side and then tack or sew the opposite or elastic edge to the under side of the hat brim. \Vherc the body portion A of the binding is subjected to stretch or tension at the point of curl or, extreme edge of the hat brim. "the binding wears out much more quickly than it would it not subjected to such stretch and for this reason itbe comes desirable to prevent the workman from subjecting the binding: to such tension in applying it. The white thread indicates t-othe workman the depth of stitch he should take in attaching the selvage C to the hat brim, and this is important because the attaching stitches it passed transversely through the fine silk warp threads of the ribbon will cut or sever same and thus impair the wearingqualities of the binding and also g ve 'it a frayed appearance."

The only dilterencc between the binding shown in Figs. 1 and 2 is that in the latter the selvage E is without the white thread and may be formed of threads differing in color from the body portion A of the bin-ling strip. I am iware however, that it is common to weave into ribbon, threads c0ntrasting in color with the body of the inaterial so that I do not claim broadly such fcature of construction. It is however, essential to the resultsdesired by my improve-.-

. threads to stretch when the ribbon or binding strip is subjected to the ordinary tension incident to applying it to a hat brim or other structure.

It will be understood that the selvages C and E, as well as the whitethread D, will be concealed 'from view when the binding is applied to a hat brim and hence their appearance does not affect the character of my invention. I

While I have shown the thread B as interwoven along the edge 6 of the ribbon in a plain stitch, it is obvious that the stitch may be varied so long as the results of puckering or drawing and the subsequent stretching of that edge of the ribbon are attained.

Having thus described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, 'is r 1. As a new article of'manufa'cture, a

binding composed of a strip of suitable fabric having one edge slightly puckered by a thread interwoven along said edge and adapted to yield under tension, and the op- 2 posite edge of sai, strip being formed of u'lterwovcn threads adapted to form a vage of relatively unyielding quality.

2. As a new article of manufacture, a

binding composed of a strip of suitable fabric having one edge slightly puckered by a thread intervfoven along said edge and adapted to yield under tension, and the opposite edge of said strip being formed of interwoven threads adapted to form a eel-- vage of relatively unyielding quality, said strip also having one or more threads contrasting in color with the body and selvage 'ofsaid strip and adapted to form a guide threads of unyielding material, said unyieldin; edge being non-contracted',

In testimony whereof I allix my signature in the presence of two witnesses Cl l ESTER E. )LARK.

Witnesses i M. A. Miumo. (flY. llzL'm HAND. 

